Barrack Obama needs to phone Britain’s David Cameron to learn about coalition governments. After losing control of the House of Representatives and with only a wafer thin majority in the Senate, the Democrat US president needs the support of rival Republicans to survive the next two years.
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The US furore over funding healthcare has exposed American prejudices against the NHS and British preconceptions about the US system. Neither country wants to change, but maybe we both have something to learn.
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President Obama’s $500,000 cap on top bankers’ pay may play well in Des Moines but it is as bad for America as it is bad for Wall Street. If you want banks run properly you have to pay properly.
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I don’t want to rain on Barack Obama’s parade, but for all the praise for his mould-breaking elevation to the White House, America did not vote for him – it voted against George Bush.
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